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Joseph MacKay

@lefteleven.bsky.social
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Canadian in Oz. IR academic. History of international ordering, history of international thought. He/him. Book, "The Counterinsurgent Imagination." bit.ly/3h86v4Y

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New discovery: A royal archive with 184 tablets unearthed at the Hittite settlement of Samuha, in present-day Sivas/Türkiye, sheds new light on the Hittite Empire, revealing records of a deadly epidemic, military threats and royal life dating back 3,400 years. www.dailysabah.com/life/hittite...
A close-up of several cuneiform tablets
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In honor of, my favorite of Le Corbusier’s sketches for his Plan Voisin for Paris.
Fever-dreamy sketch of Paris’s right bank, the existing city replaced by a vast sweep of cruciform concrete apartment blocks.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
very glad to see this, with @claroche.bsky.social, out at @gsqjournal.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
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Varieties of International Reaction: Mapping the Right in Current World Order
Abstract. How can today’s illiberal and far right movements be located in the larger historical variety of right and far-right politics? How should we expe
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This will be a GREAT time. Please consider submitting!
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V-Dem Institute @vdeminstitute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📢 Job opportunity! University of Gothenburg is recruiting 25 early-career researchers through the 𝗚𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. The Department of Political Science, home of V-Dem, is 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭-𝟮 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀. 📅 Apply by October 30, 2026 at direc.to/pmUP #PoliticalScienceJobs
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 05/09/2026
You know, honestly, more than monetary donations, if somebody worked at a company that had access to a lot of 18 terabyte and larger hard drives and could talk to us, that's where we are really suffering. The internet archive has no special priority in buying hard drives and those things are insane.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
10 or 15 years late, but this is the logical end state of the gritty reboot.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
On my reading at least, he got pretty bleak on this stuff in his last decade or so. academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
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“Making Democracy Safe for the World”: Kenneth Waltz on Realism, Democracy, and War
Abstract. This paper reevaluates the history of how some anti-war realists have assessed the relationship between democracy and armed conflict. To do so, I
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Jasmine K Gani @jasminekgani.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
JOB vacancies in International Relations at LSE: Two Assistant Professorships, focusing on Geoeconomics and Global Environmental Politics. Just over a week until the deadline, 7 Sept 👇
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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The suspended moment between “account created” and “invitation to review.”
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My new article with CRIA is about the role of narrative in Historical IR and the study of world orders. With some notable exceptions, IR scholars have shown a surprising lack of interest in the way that history is pre-arranged into narrative structures ... 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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What’s historical about historical IR? narrativity, the philosophy of history and world order studies
Historical International Relations (HIR) represents a growing subfield within the wider discipline, offering a ‘history-first’ approach, lessening the grip of more theory and/or methods-driven scho...
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LSE Political Theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are thrilled to announce that we are hiring for an open-rank (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) position in political theory. Please do reach out if you have questions. jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
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Assistant/Associate/Professor in Political Theory
Assistant/Associate/Professor in Political Theory, , <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</p> <p style="margin:...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 16/08/2026
New editorial team for @risjnl.bsky.social: Call for expressions of interest - cup.org/44hjvux The closing date: 27 September 2026.
Logo for "Review of International Studies" next to an image of the Earth, with Call For Editors in green on a dark blue background.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It’s a secondary concern, but to think this man wrote a book on writing.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Philosophers often bring up the "principle of charity": a willingness to assume good faith in an interlocutor and treat them accordingly. It's good to do in many circumstances. But it is worth formulating a principle of not being a fucking mark. If not during the rise of fascism, then when? 12/
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Modern British History Journal @mbhjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This year's Duncan Tanner Prize is now open! If you're a PGR/ECR working on an article on modern British history do consider entering! Deadline Sept 1st. #skystorians 🗃️ academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/e...
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The Duncan Tanner Prize
The Duncan Tanner Prize recognizes outstanding scholarship amongst postgraduate research students in Britain and abroad. Entrants submit an article manuscript.
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Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias.
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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Realism, ideology, and exile - cup.org/3OnrUbp "This article reconceptualizes the realist relationship with ideology in terms of a recurring experience of ideological exile" - @lefteleven.bsky.social
International Theory abstract from an article discussing the relationship between political ideology and realism in international relations. The text mentions figures like Hans Morgenthau and John Herz and explores the concept of exile related to ideological views.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Everything but the Girl, Walking Wounded
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A friend points out this resembles a ruined star destroyer. We live in referencially complex but not at all subtle times.
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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
📢 Job vacancy - Chair in Intellectual History We welcome applications from scholars working across a broad range of fields, including: 💠 History of political theory, political economy 💠 Knowledge systems and IT 💠 Postcolonial and intersectional thought 💠 Humanist, post-human, and planetary history
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phoenix @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours
climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Their arguments are, essentially, "Why would you want to read and write for yourself when you could instead have access to all of the world's knowledge?" Cooked.
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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
World Order after Iran: a one-day conference on how the war has reshaped Australian, regional & global politics. Ft. ANU experts, academics & practitioners. Free, in-person-only with limited seats. Thu 23 July, 9am-7.30pm @ ANU. Register here: events.humanitix.com/world-order-...
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World Order After Iran
Get tickets on Humanitix - World Order After Iran hosted by Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs . Lecture Theatre 1, Hedley Bull Building, 130 Garran Rd, Acton ACT 2601, Australia. Thursday 23rd...
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I may start using this to teach correlation not being causation.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I mean crudely, I think it’s just a massive asymmetry of (perceived) interests. The indicators may well be wrong—not my area—but I dunno how much of the story I’d ask them to tell anyway.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Posted load limits on bridges (in Europe at least).
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Love this guy
Late middle aged Flemish scowl, in a gilt frameFLEMISH
Portrait of a Man late 15th century oil on dak
This portrait is usually kept in storage. His expression is dour, and the likeness is not flattering, yet these qualities implied his rejection of vanity. Purchased as French, it was later thought to be Flemish. Aspects such as the man's cloak are unusual, and the work is difficult to place. Some have even doubted the date, but technical evidence confirms it. This modest work represents the large body of paintings that are now generally excluded from museum collections or which no longer survive.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Very happy to have contributed to this forum, at H-Diplo, on Hendrick Spruyt's The World Imagined networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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H-Diplo|Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-45 on Spruyt, _The World Imagined_ | H-Net
The Jervis ForumH-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies ForumRoundtable Review 17-45Hendrik Spruyt, The World Imagined: Collective Beliefs and Political Order in the Sinocentric, Islami...
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Yea), looks to be www.instagram.com/p/Cs2VMSBsar...
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Possibly Sophie Matisse en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_...
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Sophie Matisse - Wikipedia
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
These people need to be shunned and banished from universities. Professor used AI to write an op-ed about *academic integrity* (it has since been retracted by the original publisher)
students and academics to use it. A spokesperson for the university said Ellis's use of the technology was "sophisticated and appropriate" and reflected WU's
"institutional position of human-centred Al"
"To write her opinion article, Professor Ellis uploaded 40,000 words of her own original materials into a Copilot Large Language Model (LLM)," the spokesperson said.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 04/06/2026
As time passes, efforts to document the Tiananmen Square protests intensify. “History cannot only be written by officials. If you don’t have real information, it’s difficult for you to have independent thought.” [theguardian.com]
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‘Every year I get new pictures’: the fight to preserve the memory of Tiananmen
Amid growing censorship at home under the rule of Xi Jinping, efforts to document the massacre of 4 June, 1989, are intensifying abroad
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Very glad to see this, by Saba Joshi and my colleague Maria Tanyag, out in the world. academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
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State Hypermasculinity in World Politics
Abstract. The relationship between escalating global crises and the contemporary rise of populist and authoritarian leaders has been the subject of growing
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
It’s been ten years ago for at least three decades.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A true hero will get up there with a Sharpie and add a comma.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I like a full English, but I’ll give you this: that one egg always looks lonely.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
That’s just it. You’d have to order off (the American) menu to get it right.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This makes a surprisingly strong argument for a full English.
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
OUT NOW! The Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells is now available online academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 47 chapters on Wells and his worlds Hardcopy to follow in June
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The Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells
Abstract. The Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells offers a wide-ranging overview of the life and work of one of the most influential writers of the twentieth ce
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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
AS SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAD TO PAY HER OWN WAY THROUGH THE U OF C WITH STUDENT LOANS this is fantastic and has been needed for a long time
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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 11/05/2026
Just published! My book, Easting the West: Theorizing the Postliberal Conjuncture from China, is now available online for institutional users with subscription to Oxford Scholarship Online! academic.oup.com/book/62722 The print version will come out next month.
a poster says: online access available now. QR code for the link in post.
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Tehila Sasson @tsasson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I've been so busy at work I haven't had the chance to share that my book is now in paperback!!
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Swati Srivastava @swatisrivastava.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Cyber barons, tech overlords, digital empires: Big Tech is associated with rule, but what does this mean? My new article theorizes Platform Rule through a political history of Facebook. I argue for a macro social science in the tradition of Mann, Tilly, and Scott to study tech power. Open access!
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Platform rule: Facebook, corporate power, and networked publics
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Adam Saxton @asaxton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Excited to announce the publication of my first peer reviewed academic article at EJIR! Co-authored with @carsonaust.bsky.social and available @ejir.bsky.social here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... See a quick summary below!
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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 28/04/2026
📚 If you're thinking of pre-ordering my book The Technocratic International - out with OUP next week - here's a discount code! 👇 #HistIR global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Promo code "AUFLY30" to save 30% at global.oup.com/academic when ordering The Technocratic International
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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#OpenAccess - Realism, ideology, and exile - cup.org/3OnrUbp "This article reconceptualizes the realist relationship with ideology in terms of a recurring experience of ideological exile" - @lefteleven.bsky.social #FirstView
Image for "International Theory" with a globe graphic. Text reads "#OpenAccess".
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
American Century of Humiliation talk implies some optimistic assumptions about how and when it might come to an end.
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